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I. MAOOWSKY GAR FENDER.

No. 603,912. Patented May 10,1898.

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ISAAC MACOWSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6 3,912, dated May 10, 1898. Application filed $eptember 21,1897. Serial No. 652,487. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC MACOWSKY, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Fender, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct a car-fender which will be an improvement upon the car-fender for which Letters Patent were granted to me June 25,1895, No. 541,770, the improvements being such that the fender. is rendered more simple and durable than heretofore, and whereby the fender maybe lowered to the ground by the use of the ordinary brake-shaft, the connection between the fender and the brake-shaft being suchthat the fender may be lowered in advance of the application of the brakes and will not interfere in the slightest degree with the operation of said brakes.

Another object of the invention is to construct the fender so that a suitable bed will be provided for the reception of the person or object that may be in the path of the car, and also be provided with a back which will prevent the person or object taken up from falling beneath the car.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple means whereby when the brakes are taken off the fender will automatically rise to the upper position or to a position at some distance above the track.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fender applied to a car, the fender being in its upper or normal position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the platform of the car and through the central portion of the fender, the fender being in its lower position. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the fender in its lower position; and Fig. at is a detail sectional view of the clutch mechanism whereby the fender is forced downward by the action of the brake-shaft.

A hanger 10 is projected downward from each side of the platform 0 of the car, and a rock-shaft 11 is journaled in the said hangers.

The body portion A of the fender, or that portion which is adapted to receive an object, consists of parallel side pieces 12, having arms 13 extending upwardly and rearwardly from their ends, which arms are secured in any approved manner to the rock-shaft 11. The forward ends ofthe side pieces 12 are connected by a spindle upon which the roller 14 is mounted to turn, which roller engages with the tread of the rails when the fender is lowered, and when the fender is lowered and in an operative position the said body of the fender will be nearly horizontal.

The body of the fender is provided with a netting or a yielding bed 15 between the side pieces of the frame, and at the rear of the said bed or netting a rod 16 is carried through the frame from side to side. The said rod is adapted to support the back sectionB of the fender, which extends from the body section. The back section consists of a suitable frame comprising uprights 17, pivoted on said rod or bar 16, and an upper cross-bar 18, together with a yielding bed or netting 20. The back of the fender is normally held in an upright position by a spring 19,which is coiled around the bar or rod 16 at or near its center, and one end of the spring engages with the back and the other end with the body of the said fender, as shown in Fig: 2, the two ends of the spring being designated, respectively, as 19* and 19 Springs 21 are located one at each side of the fender, the'upper ends of the springs being secured to the bottom of the car at or near the hangers 10 or to said hangers, while the opposite or lower ends of the said springs 21 are secured to the side pieces of the body of the fender back of the back portion B of the same. The tendency of these springs 21 is to hold the body portion of the fender i'nthe upwardly-inclined position shown in Fig. 1 and to hold the top of the back section of the fender against the under surface of theplatform.

The brake-shaft 22 of the car has the brakechain 23 attached thereto in the usual mannew; but below the attachment of the brakechaina friction-clutch 24 is secured to the brake-shaft, as shown in Fig. 4. This fric- ICO tion-clutch is in the nature of a sleeve and is secured to the brake-shaft by a pin 25 or its equivalent and is provided in its bottom with an annular groove 26, angular or V- shaped in cross-section.

A drum 27 is loosely mounted on the brakeshaft, and the upper end of the drum is provided with an annular rib 28, shaped to enter the groove 26 in the clutch and engage with the walls thereof. The drum is held in engagement with the clutch by means of a spring 29, coiled around the shaft, engaging with the bottom of the drum and with a support 30, secured to the lower portion of the brake-shaft. A crank-arm 31 is rearwardly projected from the centralportion of the rockshaft 11, and an upwardly-extending link 32 is pivoted to the crank-arm, while a chain 33 is secured to the link 32 and to the drum 27.

By turning the brake-shaft 22 in a direction to apply the brake the clutch 24 will communicate movement to the drum 27 and cause the chain 23 to wind up thereon, thereby raising the crank-arm 31 and forcing the body of the fender down to the track. The body of the fender will engage with the track when the shaft has been given about a turn and a half, and by continuing to turn the brakeshaft the clutch 21L will slip over the drum 27 and permit the brake-chain to be wound on the brake-shaft in the usual way. The moment that the brake is taken off the springs 21 act to carry the fender up to its normal position.

It will be observed that whenever the brake is applied the fender is brought to a receiving position prior to the complete application of the brake and that the mechanism by means of which such movement is accomplished is simple, durable, and economic.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a pivoted springsupported fender of a brake-shaft and frictional connection between the same and the fender by which the fender is depressed when the brake is applied.

2. The combination, with the brake-shaft of a car, a clutch carried by the shaft, and a drum operated by the said clutch, of a fender capable of being raised and lowered, and a flexible connection between the fender near its fulcrum and the said drum on the brakeshaft, as specified.

3. The combination, with the brake-shaft of a car, a clutch secured to the shaft, a drum loosely mounted on the shaft, and a spring holding the said drum in engagement with the said clutch, of a pivoted fender, a flexible connection between the drum and fender at the rear of its pivot, and springs attached to a fixed support and to the said fender at its sides in front of its pivot, the springs serving to normally hold the fender in an upper position, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with hangers, and a rock-shaft j ournaled in the said hangers, of a fender consisting of a body portion provided with upwardly and rearwardly extending arms at its rear end, which arms are secured to the said rock-shaft, a back pivoted upon the body, and a tension device normally holding the back at an angle to the body, and springs attached to the body at its sides forward of the rock-shaft, the said springs being adapted for attachment at their opposite ends to a fixed support, and a friction connection from the brake-shaft to the fender from which it is automatically depressed when the brake is applied for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with the platform of a car, hangers projected from the platform, and a rock-shaft journaled in the said hangers, a fender attached to the said rock-shaft, and a crankarm projected rearwardly from the rock-shaft, of a brake-shaft for the car, a clutch secured to the brake-shaft, a drum loosely mounted on the said shaft, a spring holding the said drum in engagement with the said clutch, and a chain attached to the said drum and to the crank-arm of the rock shaft, for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination with a pivoted fender having a yielding supporting means with a brake-shaft, a drum mounted to rotate and having a chain or similar flexible connection to the fender and frictional connections from said drum to the brake-shaft whereby the fender is depressed when the brake is applied.

ISAAC MAOOWSKY.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. AOKER, EVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

